Watkins would consider pay cut to aid Mahomes extension after SB

Kansas City Chiefs receiver Sammy Watkins would consider taking a pay cut to help facilitate a contract extension for Patrick Mahomes after the dust settles from Super Bowl LIV.

"I don't want to say I will be (open to a pay cut). I don't want to say I won't," Watkins told Kevin Patra of NFL.com on Thursday. "I just think I'm a special player. I think I deserve all the things I deserve. If I'm at home and thinking about it, if I have to do it to pay Pat, I maybe will. That's a guy that we should pay, and he needs to get paid. But you never know, that's a decision I'd have to go through. Or, I might just take off a year after we win the Super Bowl, you never know."

Watkins is scheduled to count $21 million against the salary cap in 2020, the final season of his three-year pact. Mahomes, meanwhile, is expected to reset the quarterback market with his next deal, which reportedly could come down the pipes in the offseason.

Watkins ranked third on the Chiefs in receiving during the regular season, posting 52 receptions for 673 yards and three touchdowns across 14 outings. He has nine catches for 190 yards and a score in two playoff contests.

"I don't think numbers prove anything," he said. "Numbers are just numbers to me. Numbers may mean a lot to the world, but I don't think that proves what I do for this team. Me bringing the great energy every day, me being the person that I am ... I don't think my value is all off scoring touchdowns or getting 1,000 yards receiving. I don't think I'm valued like that. I'm valued off being around the guy, being positive, coming into work every day, being a professional. I think if you would judge me off that, you would give me the world."